Board of Directors
The Mozal Banking Board comprises up to 11 members of the bank who voluntarily serve as Directors on behalf of the members and are elected at the AGM to serve for a period of three years. A director can be elected for up to three consecutive terms making the maximum term of service 9 years.
The Board elects individuals from the Directors to be the Chair of the Board and the Vice Chair and Secretary and Treasurer. Directors with relevant skills chair the Board Committees. The Chair, Vice Chair and Secretary are elected each year after the AGM.
Current Board Members:
Andrew Barnes is the longest serving Board Director and will have completed three terms of three years by the AGM in 2017. He has held a variety of roles during his time on the Board focussing on lending and finance and been the Board Secretary since February 2009. Now retired, Andrew was previously a technical manager with Unilever and he has experience as a non-executive director within the NHS Primary Care Trust and has been a School Governor in Lawrence Weston.
Jonquil Cairns joined the Board in 2015. She brings 25 years’ experience from Lloyds Banking Group, in Retail, Commercial and Operations functions, and her qualification as a Certified Accountant to her role as a Director. She is Chair of the Risk Oversight Committee and a member of the Audit Committee. Having recently retired, Jonquil also volunteers as a Business Mentor for the Princes Trust and as a Ranger at Bristol Zoo.
Paul Handford has been a member of the Board since 2013 and has brought his significant experience of marketing to SCU serving on the Marketing Committee since he joined and he is currently a member of the Risk Oversight Committee. Paul is an Executive Director of south-west based redtag financial services marketing agency. Paul is Bristol born and bred and he has over twenty five years experience of marketing and communications in financial, energy, education and leisure sectors.
Martin Lloyd is the Treasurer of the SCU Board and has been a Director since 2013. He is qualified as both a Chartered Accountant and Solicitor working in commercial and company law for global and local firms leading to being a founding partner in Hart Lloyd and Co in North Somerset from which he retired in 2008. On the Board, Martin currently is chair of the Audit Committee and has brought his experience to issues relating to finance, lending and risk during his time as a Director. His work away from SCU focuses on property management and development.
Harry Partington was elected Chair of the Board in 2011 having served as a Director since 2010. Currently Chair of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Risk Oversight Committee, Harry has Finance, Marketing and HR committee experience at SCU. He is qualified in banking (ACIB) and marketing (FCIM) with a background in financial services both from an employment perspective with Bristol and West, AXA and Lloyds Bank and also in running a local consultancy since 2008 specialising in advising financial services organisations on their future plans.
Paul Rabbeth has been a director since 2011 and is a lecturer and Health and Safety Officer at Bristol College where he has worked since 2006 following nearly 35 years as a Police Officer with Avon and Somerset Constabulary. Paul brings a focus on people to the SCU Board and has served on the HR Committee previously and is currently a member of the Remuneration Committee. He is currently a magistrate in Bristol and has experience as a School Governor in Keynsham.
Janet Wilkinson joined the Board in November 2013 and has been Vice Chair since early 2015. She chairs the Nominations Committee and is a member of the Remuneration Committee. Her career has been in people and operations management and since 2004 she has been a freelance project manager and facilitator working in Research. She has a background in financial services from the branch through to the back office operations and marketing functions and is qualified with an MBA.
